Wordless Wednesdays: Krishna and his Two Mothers
Snubnose does an art work of Krishna with his two mothers using oil pastels
Snubnose does an art work of Krishna with his two mothers using oil pastels
I felt, that night, on that stage, under that skull, incredibly close to everything in the universe, but also extremely alone. I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it worth it? What’s so horrible about being dead forever, and…
This year, the snubnose and her classmates have started doing projects: in-depth investigations into a single topic and then having to write about it. Most of these in-depth investigations and write ups are a lot of hooey, but there was one project that was super-impressive. This was a project on materials – all types of…
This is the story of Sister Alice Bhatti a junior nurse and ex-convict who works in Sacred Heart Hospital in Karachi. Alice Bhatti is a bit of a badass and is incredibly well-written. She refuses to submit to the advances of perverse wealthy men, dishes out her own form of revenge or justice against men…
‘My job is to cure people, to cure them at the worst of times. I don’t decide when someone is going to die. He does.’ He raises his forefinger towards the ceiling. Alice Bhatti looks at the ceiling fan in confusion: Put Your Faith in Philips, it says. ~ Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by…
I had heard a lot of praise about Alice Munro in many book blogs, and I had always penned her somewhere in the back of my mind as an author whose books I want to read. Last week, I finally read a compilation of her short stories – Dear Life and I love her writing…
Tonight, snubnose gets to experience her very first sleepover. Her school is having an astronomy session – a night under the stars bundled in a sleeping bag and armed with a telescope. There will be a stargazing session and some discussions on the moon’s waxing and waning. Adding in story time and snacks, I just…
This is a short epistolary novel written in a series of letters between two friends – Uma and Abhi. Uma is in Calcutta studying to be a doctor and Abhi is a neurosurgeon in training in London. This book spans a several years in their lives as they grow into their different lives and use…
This is the story of a young couple Anthony and Gloria Patch, living out their days to the hilt in Jazz-era New York as they await the death of Anthony’s grandfather, Adam Patch, from whom they expect to inherit his massive fortune. Gloria is a gorgeous girl who is spoiled and willful, unwilling to settle…
They were all dead now. Jory, old Ser Rodrik, Lord Eddard, Harwin and Hullen, Cayn and Desmond and Fat Tom, Alyn with his dreams of knighthood, Mikken who had given him his first real sword. Even Old Nan, like as not. And Robb. Robb who had been more a brother to Theon than any son…